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#90ACFF

#90acff ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#90acff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.47% red, 67.45% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.53% cyan, 32.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 224.86°, with 100% saturation and 78.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.39.

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Relative luminance0.4265

Complementary

  1. #90acff
  2. #ffe390

Split complementary

  1. #90acff
  2. #ffac90
  3. #e4ff90

Analogous

  1. #90e4ff
  2. #90acff
  3. #ac90ff

Triadic

  1. #90acff
  2. #ff90ac
  3. #acff90

Tetradic

  1. #90acff
  2. #e390ff
  3. #ffe390
  4. #acff90

Square

  1. #90acff
  2. #ff90e4
  3. #ffe390
  4. #90ffac

Monochromatic

  1. #003ef6
  2. #4473ff
  3. #90acff
  4. #dde5ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#90acff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #90acff
  2. #829be6
  3. #738acc
  4. #6578b3
  5. #566799
  6. #485680
  7. #3a4566
  8. #2b344d
  9. #1d2233
  10. #0e111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#90acff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #90acff
  2. #9bb4ff
  3. #a6bdff
  4. #b1c5ff
  5. #bccdff
  6. #c8d6ff
  7. #d3deff
  8. #dee6ff
  9. #e9eeff
  10. #f4f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#90acff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #90acff
  2. #8ea8f2
  3. #8da3e6
  4. #8b9fd9
  5. #8a9acc
  6. #8896c0
  7. #8692b3
  8. #858da6
  9. #838999
  10. #82848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3aed4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eb4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84aafd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68bdca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fb1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89abfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ab7e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-90acff {
  color: #90acff;
}
Background
.bg-90acff {
  background-color: #90acff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-90acff {
  border: 2px solid #90acff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #90acff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 144 172 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 100% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-90acff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #90acff, #ac90ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-90acff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(144 172 255 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.59 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.16 #6f5300 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#90acff  rgb(144, 172, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 78%)  Cornflower Blue
#ffe390  rgb(255, 227, 144)  hsl(45, 100%, 78%)  Jasmine
#ff90ac  rgb(255, 144, 172)  hsl(345, 100%, 78%)  Flamingo Pink
#acff90  rgb(172, 255, 144)  hsl(105, 100%, 78%)  Mint Green